North Korea Seen Battling Wave of Flu

North Korea has sent out a nationwide alert in recent days about the apparent worsening spread of H1N1 flu, according to an aid group with contacts in the country.

The notice by the Seoul-based Buddhist aid group Good Friends follows the South Korean government's shipment of 400,000 doses of the flu treatment Tamiflu and 100,000 doses of the treatment Relenza to its impoverished neighbor on Dec. 18, amid fears that a delayed response...